Sixteen-year-old Hikaru Ohe (JPN) produced a stunning run and obtained 96,85 points to win Gold in the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe. Arielle Gold (USA) claimed the Silver medal with 90.00 and Lucile Lefevre (FRA) took Bronze with a score of 82.25.
While most of the athletes at the first Winter Youth Olympic Games, Innsbruck 2012, were used to the cold and ice, there are a few exceptions. One of which is Australian ice hockey player Sam Hodic who, before arriving in Austria, had never seen snow before. “It’s amazing, the best experience I’ve ever had,” he said about seeing snow fall for the first time soon after he had arrived.